Nicely done demo for NetWitness version 9.5, which is about to be released and will be demoed at BlackHat
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Ireland legalizes self-defense
The BBC reports the new law makes self-defence legal
The Irish government has made it legal for people to use reasonable force to defend themselves, others, or their property, against intruders.
The Home Defence Bill says reasonable force can in some circumstances result in the death of an intruder.
The New Blue Flame
Three years of aerodynamics research has created the Bloodhound supersonic car design, unveiled recently at Farnborough:
It looks just like The Blue Flame to me, which set the land speed record in 1970.
The Blue Flame reached 1014.513 km/h (630.388 mph), a record that lasted 27 years.
This post might reveal my lack of expertise in rocket cars, I realize, but I had hoped for a much more radical design than just a rocket with wheels. The Thrust2 and ThrustSSC broke The Blue Flame record but they also did it with new designs. The Thrust2 looked like the BatMobile. The ThrustSSC looked like an F-4 fighter jet without wings, perhaps because that is what it was.
When I say I want to see a more radical design I really wonder about efficiency. How much fuel is used to reach these speeds? What would the records look like if they had to account for input? I have similar questions about output in terms of emissions and air quality.
Current Top Threats
I will be giving a presentation on the Current Top Threats at the UC Berkeley School of Information this Weds, July 21st. Hope to see you there.